Category: Workout of the Day

  • May 17, 2022

    Skill
    Every 45 seconds for 12 rounds:
    One hang power clean

    Focus on catching in a normal squat stance on every rep today, rather than letting your feet kick wide into a sumo stance. Remember to deadlift the barbell up to the hang and come to a full stop before starting your hang power clean.

    Workout of the Day
    5 rounds:
    1 minute of hang power cleans
    1 minute of calories on the bike or rower
    1 minute of lateral burpees

    Sum up your total reps and calories across all 3 movements for your score, and feel free to share your rower or bike if we’re short on machines and you’re comfortable doing so.

    standard: 95/65
    rx: 115/85
    sport: 135/95
    overachiever: 155/105

  • May 16, 2022

    Skill
    Every 45 seconds for 10 rounds (for a total of 5 rounds of each)
    Odd: One set of kipping pull ups
    Even: One set of toes to bar

    If you need to scale the difficulty of these movements, then drop the kipping pull ups to banded pull ups or ring rows, and either reduce the range of motion on the toe to bar or switch it out for sit ups.

    Workout of the Day
    AMRAP in 10 minutes:
    20 box jumps
    20 overhead lunges

    You should be able to get through your lunges in no more than two or three sets. If you don’t yet have the flexibility to safely hold the overhead position, switch to a front rack or goblet lunge.

    standard: 45/35 lb, 20/12″
    rx: 75/55, 24/20″
    sport: 95/65, 24/20″
    overachiever: 135/95, 24/20″

  • May 15, 2022

    Workout of the Day
    AMRAP in 25 minutes:
    25 alternating dumbbell power snatches
    50 double unders
    500 m run, row, or ski, or 1250 m bike

    Your jump rope shouldn’t take you more than one to two minutes to complete each round, so scale to a volume and difficulty that allows you to finish them in that time. Run, row, ski, and bike are all considered rx for today.

  • May 14, 2022

    Workout of the Day
    5 rounds, 3 minutes on, 1 minute off:

    3 push presses
    6 front rack lunges
    9 burpees

    Pick a weight light enough to allow you to do the push presses and lunges together in one set throughout most of the workout, whether you choose to take that approach or not. This workout will use “Chief” style scoring; record your rounds and reps for each of the 5 AMRAPs, and add them up at the end of the workout.

    standard: 65/45
    rx: 95/65
    sport: 115/85
    overachiever: 135/95

  • May 13, 2022

    Skill
    8 sets of 3 strict or weighted pull ups

    Scale to ring rows or banded pull ups if you don’t yet have unassisted pull ups.

    Workout of the Day
    AMRAP in 15 minutes:
    200 m run
    20 thrusters
    20 sit ups

    Keep your thrusters very light; you should be able to go unbroken in any given round, whether you choose to or not. Get in a flow and enjoy the conditioning.

    standard: 25/15
    rx: 45/35
    sport: 65/45, 10 T2B
    overachiever: 75/55, 10 T2B

  • May 12, 2022

    Skill
    8 sets of 3 Front Squats*
    *Immediately after each set of front squats, complete one unbroken set of push ups

    Note that we aren’t on the clock for this; your coach will give you about 10-15 minutes to work through the 8 sets of front squats and push ups on your own. If you are still fatigued or sore from Monday’s push ups, then be conservative with your set sizes. Otherwise, pick a difficulty that lets you get at least 5 push ups per round across all 8 rounds.

    Workout of the Day
    5 rounds:
    1 minute of power cleans
    30 seconds of rest
    1 minute of calories (bike or row)
    30 seconds of rest

    If you did last week’s heinous interval workout on the machines, you’ll be happy to hear that adding a barbell movement and shortening the rest will probably make things easier! No joke. Exercise is weird sometimes. Just don’t try to go as fast as you did last Thursday.
    Add up all your reps and calories to get your score.

    standard: 95/65
    rx: 135/95
    sport: 135/95
    overachiever: 135/95

  • May 11, 2022

    Skill
    Every 90 seconds for 10 rounds:
    20 double unders, then one squat clean and jerk

    The double unders in this context are not meant to be hard skill practice; pick a volume and difficulty that lets you complete the jump rope reps in under 30 seconds each round before moving on to the lift.

    Workout of the Day
    AMRAP in 10 minutes:
    8 alternating dumbbell hang squat cleans
    6 burpee box jump overs

    Short rounds and quick transitions today. Be sure to stand all the way up on your dumbbell cleans before moving on to the next rep. Pick a weight that lets you go unbroken the whole time.

    standard: 35/20 lb, 24/20″
    rx: 50/35 lb, 24/20″
    sport: 50/35 lb, 24/20″
    overachiever: 65/45 lb, 24/20″

  • May 10, 2022

    Skill
    8 rounds:
    20 second supine plank
    20 second hollow hold
    20 second rest

    Modify the difficulty of the hollow hold so that you can stay active for the full 20 seconds each round.

    Workout of the Day
    AMRAP in 20 minutes:
    400 m run, row, or ski, or 1000 m bike
    30 medicine ball sit ups
    30 medicine ball step ups

    Running, rowing, skiing, and biking are all considered rx for this workout. Pick your favorite, and enjoy!

    standard: 14/10 lb, 24/20″
    rx: 20/14 lb, 24/20″
    sport: 20/14 lb, 24/20″
    overachiever: 30/20 lb, 24/20″

  • May 9, 2022

    Skill
    EMOM for 10 minutes:
    Hang power snatch plus hang squat snatch*
    *2 second pause in the catch on both reps

    We’re building off last week’s pause power snatches and working down to full squats today. Use the pause to assess stability, and prioritize technique over weight.

    Workout of the Day
    AMRAP in 10 minutes:
    30 kettlebell swings
    15 push up

    Neither movement should take more than two or three sets to complete; scale the difficulty of each so that you can keep moving quickly throughout the 10 minutes.

    standard: 20/12
    rx: 28/20
    sport: 32/24
    overachiever: 32/24

  • May 8, 2022

    Workout of the Day
    AMRAP in 20 minutes*
    20 air squats
    10 alternating dumbbell hang power cleans
    *Every 4 minutes, hold in a plank for 1 minute, including at the start of the workout

    For today’s workout, pick up where you left off on the AMRAP whenever you finish your plank.

    standard: 35/20
    rx: 50/35
    sport: 50/35
    overachiever: 65/45